Cerebral microembolism and the risk of ischemia in asymptomatic high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 2184-2186

  Siebler, Mario ^a   Nachtmann, Andreas ^a   Sitzer, Matthias ^a   Rose, Georg ^a   Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^a   Rademacher, Jörg ^a   Steinmetz, Helmuth ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Cerebral ischemia; Embolism; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0028808694     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.26.11.2184     Document Type: Article

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